Bed & Breakfast An Increasingly Popular Form of Lodgings for Travellers

More and more travelers and those on the road are finding the personal service and comfort of Bed and Breakfasts “B & B’s” as a very enjoyable and often moneysaving way to travel within their travel or corporate expense account budgets.

The choices of this form of lodgings t may be for any of a number of reasons In the case of a commercial traveler; often away from home, its conveniences and intimacies have just had enough of impersonal large hotel chains. You might even think that you have never even traveled away from your family home and abode. It has often been said that “if you have seen one hotel room you have seen them all” and that “there is no place lonelier than a hotel room”. Read more »

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Ramada Jarvis Hotels have an Autumn offer that is guaranteed to cheer you up if the end of summer has given you the blues. From only £99 per couple you can enjoy a two-night stay with breakfast each morning plus a three course table d’hote dinner on the first night.

There are over 40 hotels in great locations around the UK, and over 20 have Sebastian Coe Health Clubs on-site, so you may opt for a round of golf, a dash down the dry ski slope, a splash in the pool or a session in the spa or sauna at selected hotels.

Kids stay for FREE when sharing with two adults, and the offer is running any day of the week as well as over the October half term break.

Ramada Brighton hotel
Brighton has loads to offer for the ideal weekend break, and the Ramada hotel is located in a perfect spot on the seafront. This listed Victorian building with the classic stucco front lives up to the image of a luxury seaside hotel.  You will never run out of things to do in the vibrant seaside town of Brighton, but hurry as this offer is only for a limited number of rooms each night – Book Now.

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Family Vacations in Hawaii

Hawaii is a great resort for any family vacation. When you have worked hard throughout the year it really is a big move to finally make the decision to go on that perfect beach holiday. Beach vacations are always a perfect option for family holidays and Hawaii is one of the most popular beach resorts around the world. If you are planning a vacation anytime soon you may want to consider all of the options available. You may choose to stay in a hotel or even participate in group tours, but for some of us the best option will simply be finding a rental that is able to accommodate you and your family. Read more »

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Our first and last nights in Turkey were spent in Antalya, at the Pension Mavi and Ani, which is run by Harun Selcuk. This is a basic Turkish Pansiyon with eight rooms, well situated in the Kaleici (Old Town). Rooms are airconditioned and some have TVs. The breakfast room is an inside/outside area, so you can eat in the beautiful old garden when the weather is good. Harun is a helpful and well-informed host, who is happy to advise you on the attractions in the area.

We also checked out some other places to stay in case we ever return to Antalya. There are several Boutique Hotels in the Old Town, we looked at a few of them. Villa Perla is a mid-priced hotel, in a 300-year-old building with a delightful small swimming pool in the courtyard. There are also some elderly resident tortoises who wander around munching on their favourite leaves – see the picture, taken with compact flash.

Another beautiful hotel in Antalya is the Ninova Pension. It has 19 bedrooms with private bathrooms, direct phone and hairdryer. Rooms are air-conditioned. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available i the restaurant. This hotel has been lovingly restored by the owners fgrom two historic houses and has an exceptional courtyard.

The Otantik Hotel is immaculate, with six luxury airconditioned rooms above the courtyard restaurant/wine bar. Three of the rooms have jacuzzis and balconies and there is free Wifi Internet access.

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Barcelona City Breaks can be cheap, if you look carefully for cheaper ways to get to Barcelona and things to do while you are there. Like any major city, there are plenty of Cheap flights to Barcelona as long as you can book in advance. Budget Airlines flying to barcelona airport include Air Europa, Alitalia, British Airways (BA), easyJet and Virgin Express. For travellers from the UK there may sometimes be a cheaper flight through British Airways, avoiding the lesss pleaseant easyJet. Remember, BA include the luggage allowance in the ticket price and they still serve inclusive drinks and snakcs. Ona return flight for two this can save you £40 over easyjet’s supplements.

Cheap Hotels in Barcelona
The cost of hotel rooms in Barcelona can be high, but you can save money on your Barcelona hotel by checking out a top hotel price comparison website like Expedia, who have rooms on offer in Barcelona for less than €100. Do make sure that your hotel is centrally located in a busy area, and always keep your wits about you. Muggings are a big problem in Barcelona, although the authorities play this down. It would be a false economy to stay far from the centre as there is less of a police presence.

Getting around cheaply in Barcelona

One of the best things to do on a Barcelona city break is to get a hop on hop off bus pass. The Barcelona City Card is a cheap way to travel around to most of the important sites while you are in Barcelona. Prices start from €25 for two days’ unlimited travel in the city, and the card gets you discounts at lots of museums and restaurants.

Cheap Package deals to Barcelona

At the moment there is an amazing offer from Expedia for short breaks to Barcelona – they are offering Flights plus two Nights in a hotel from £166. This is a really amazing budget offer, and makes barcelona much more affordable at a time when UK visitors are being hit by the Euro exchange rate.

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Eating out in a busy old town centre like Antalya is difficult. Most restaurants use outside sales guys, who accost every passer by with entreaties to eat there, or just stop for a drink. This practice is most widespread in the harbour area and it is pretty irritating. It’s only common sense that these guys have to be paid, so an element of your bill goes towards their commission. On our second night in Antalya we sought the advice of our Hotel Pansyion owner, Harun, for a restaurant recommendation. He sent us to Pasa Bey Kebapçisi, which is actually outside the walls of the old town near the football stadium. This was a great place to eat – not aimed at tourists at all. In fact, we were the only non Turkish diners in the restaurant. You will be served a starter automatically, with accompanying dips and salad. Order a main course only, and do not over-order! I asked for a meat Pide (Turkish Pizza) with extra cheese, and the Chef simply made two Pides. These were served before my husband’s Kebab so that we could share each order. Knowing that a meat course was on the way we could not finish the pizzas and we made little headway on the kebab either. Not wishing to use a diet pill, we left the rest and the stray dogs of Antalya benefited from the excess! The only drawback at Pasa Bey is that wine was priced at 65TL. So we drank Efes beer again. A pudding was brought automatically with coffee, and the whole bill came to 55TL for two.
The postal address is – Gençlik Mah.Isiklar Cad.1319 Sok. NO:4 Merkez / Antalya.
Phone : 242 244 96 90

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The old town of Antalya is known as the Kaleici and it has plenty of bars and pensayions where you can stop for a drink. The price of wine is very high in Turkey, and the choice is limited. The average meal for two will cost around TL60 (€30), but a bottle of wine to accompany the meal can cost anything from TL45 (€23) upwards. The Otantik Boutique Hotel is situated in Hesapci Street and the hotel includes its own Wine House, where you can enjoy a large glass of white wine for TL5 (€2.5). The Otantik has a tranquil shady garden for dining or drinks. There are eight guest bedrooms, and unusually for Turkey they are equipped with minibars and safes. You will not find some of the other facilities in your hotel room that are on offer at the international hotel chains, like XBox, but there is satellite TV in the rooms. www.otantikbutikotel.com

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If you are looking for reliable, all year round sun and luxury accommodation, here are two interesting rising destinations for you to consider: Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The first time I heard of friends staying in Dubai was probably two years ago. They told me there are plenty of    Cheap Dubai Hotels to choose from, and the holiday worked out cheaper than a European destination – with more reliable weather. They got a good rates by using a new hotel booking site called cheaperthanhotels.com.  This is a good destination for finding last minute discounts as well as the best rates at some of the World’s most expensive and exclusive hotels .

Some time ago I worked for an international company with offices in the Middle East so I knew quite a few Expats in United Arab Emirates UAE and they spoke highly of UAE as a  placeto live and work, many of them really missed it when they had to return to their home country. Friends and family were able to visit cheaply by booking their rooms through cheaperthanhotels.

There is another new player – Abu Dhabi. Here again, the site has a big choice of Abu Dhabi Accommodation for business travellers and holidaymakers so the option of booking your air ticket and accommodation at good rates is a realistic one.

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